After a hard day’s work, you take a break to admire your city through the large windows of your office…

At this hour, most of your citizens are going back home, heading for the tall buildings that you see in front of you. Some others are still wandering in the parks and gardens with their kids, and others decided to go shopping in the new mall that you opened a few weeks ago.

In the distance, near the harbor, you can see smoke rising from factories’ chimneys. Somehow, the city never sleeps…

There’s a big red circle marking the month of October on every board gamer’s calendar. The world’s largest game convention – Essen Spiel – takes place in Germany this October 8-11 and Days of Wonder is debuting two new Ticket to Ride maps there: the United-Kingdom and the US state of Pennsylvania. Both maps are bundled in a new expansion: the 5th installment in our series of Map Collections.

Are the oracles in Wheaton’s favor? Can he actually gain control of the Sultanate of Naqala for his first Tabletop win of season three?

Watch as Wil competes alongside Satine Phoenix (comic book illustrator extraordinaire), Richard Garriott (video game developer, AKA Lord British in Ultima), and Jenna Busch (host and writer of all things geek) – who you might remember from her appearance on the show’s first episode featuring another Days of Wonder favorite: Small World